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>Gay rights leader lets Ark. roots take the reins

ARKADELPHIA, Ark. (AP) — Chad Griffin could have spent his first official day heading the country's largest and most influential gay rights group anywhere: in Washington, where he cut his teeth working...

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Former student part of historical desegregation case to speak at WSU

A civil rights leader who was one of nine students in 1957 to integrate an all-white Arkansas high school will appear Thursday at Wright State University. Minnijean Brown Trickey, one of the Little...

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A Trumpeter’s Voice, Onstage and Beyond

One of Louis Armstrong’s best-known hits is “What a Wonderful World.” In “Louis Armstrong: Jazz Ambassador,” now playing at Theater 3, Jeremy Giraud Abram, in the title role, sings it, while behind him...

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Analysis: Ark. shows clout at party conventions

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — For a state that won't play a major role in the presidential election, Arkansas sure knows how to steal the limelight. Both parties agree that the state's six electoral votes...

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Governor Beebe Appoints Highway Commissioner (State of Arkansas)

(Source: State of Arkansas) Thursday, Jan 17, 2013 Governor Beebe Appoints Highway Commissioner LITTLE ROCK - Governor Mike Beebe today named Robert S. Moore, Jr., of Arkansas City to the Arkansas...

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First Lady Ginger Beebe, Mary Pryor, Janet Huckabee to Celebrate CARTI 35th...

First Lady of Arkansas Ginger Beebe will be joined by U.S. Senator Mark Pryor and former First Lady of Arkansas Janet Huckabee as featured speakers at a reception held from 2-4 p.m. on Sunday, April 3...

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Arkansas Republicans make historic sweep in election

LITTLE ROCK, Ark (Reuters) - Arkansas Republicans on Tuesday night took control of at least one chamber of the state legislature and captured all of the state's congressional seats for the first time...

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Top 10 Controversial Supreme Court Cases

On May 17, 1954, the Supreme Court unanimously declared state laws that established separate public schools for black and white students unconstitutional, saying they had a detrimental effect on...

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Gay rights leader lets Ark. roots take the reins

Chad Griffin could have spent his first official day heading the country's largest and most influential gay rights group anywhere: in Washington, where he cut his teeth working for President Bill...

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From George Wallace to Rick Scott: States' Rights and the Battle for...

In 1969, 14-year-old Vanessa Simmons was a part of the first class to integrate Alamo High School in the rural West Tennessee town of Alamo. It took 15 years for the public policy set forward by the...

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In Arkansas, a last stand by Democrats to keep majority that dates back to...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - When top Arkansas Democrats talk about their priorities in the 2012 election, they hardly mention the race for the White House or the fight for the state's four congressional seats....

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David Margolick's 'Elizabeth and Hazel: Two Women of Little Rock'

Fifty-four years ago, Elizabeth Eckford and Hazel Bryan had a momentary encounter on the streets of Little Rock, Ark. An ugly encounter, drenched in the hatreds of the time. Eckford was then a shy,...

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>In Arkansas, a last stand by embattled Democrats

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — When top Arkansas Democrats talk about their priorities in the 2012 election, they hardly mention the race for the White House or the fight for the state's four congressional...

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In Arkansas, a last stand by embattled Democrats - Wire Politics - The...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- When top Arkansas Democrats talk about their priorities in the 2012 election, they hardly mention the race for the White House or the fight for the state's four congressional...

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Retired soldier remembers Little Rock

--> NEWPORT –– He’s now a retired Army colonel, a veteran of two tours in Vietnam who taught at the Naval War College, Salve Regina University and West Point. Yet there is another part of Heath...

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In Arkansas, a last stand by embattled Democrats

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- When top Arkansas Democrats talk about their priorities in the 2012 election, they hardly mention the race for the White House or the fight for the state's four congressional...

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A visit to Little Rock, Ark., seems like a capital idea

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — In September 1957, the most important news coming out of this city's Central High School was the exploits of its football team, the top-ranking squad in the United States. That was...

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2011 was year of big decisions in Ark. politics

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A former Arkansas governor chose a lucrative television and radio career over a chance at the Republican presidential nomination. The state's only Democratic congressman chose...

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Arkansas GOP aims for statehouse sweep

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas (Reuters) - For more than a century, the Democratic Party has dominated Arkansas politics. State Republican Party officials believe they have a fighting chance this year to break...

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Former Supreme Court justice among '12 Ark. deaths

A longtime Arkansas Supreme Court justice who, as a trial attorney, fought election fraud during the 1960s, was among the notable Arkansans who died during 2012. Retired Justice Tom Glaze died March 30...

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